Joshua Berkeley (2 January 1743 – 18 June 1807) was an

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during the late decade of the 18th century and the first four of the 19th. Berkeley was born in

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and educated at

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and

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

He was

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from 1782 until his death. There is a monument to Berkeley within

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."History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain" Storer, J.S. p88: London; Rivingtons, Murray; Hatchard; Clarke; Taylor; and Sherwood, Neely & Jones; 1817 It is by

James Sargant Storer James Sargant Storer (1771–1853) was an English draughtsman and engraver. Life Storer was born in 1771, and devoted himself to the production of works on topography and ancient architecture, the plates in which he drew and engraved himself on a ...

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People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Deans of Tuam 18th-century Irish Anglican priests 19th-century Irish Anglican priests 1807 deaths 1743 births Christian clergy from Derry (city) {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub